NGC 822

NGC 822 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Phoenix. It is estimated to be about 233 million light-years from the Milky Way^[3] and has a diameter of approximately 80,000 light-years. NGC 822 was discovered on September 5, 1834, by astronomer John Herschel.^[4][5][6]

NGC 822
DSS image of NGC 822
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Phoenix
Right ascension	02h 06m 39.13396s[1]
Declination	−41° 09′ 24.2724″[1]
Redshift	0.017856[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5305 km/s[2]
Distance	233.3 Mly (71.52 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.25[2]
Characteristics
Type	E[2]
Other designations
MCG -07-05-008, PGC 8055[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)